Use this page to search both features on Governing.com and the full editorial content of the print edition of Governing back to the first issue, October 1987. (To search posts on Governing.com's 13th Floor blog, click here and use the Google search box at the upper right.)
TIPS FOR REFINING YOUR SEARCH
The search engine tries to locate pages with matches for all of the words in your search query.
If that fails, it then tries to locate pages which contain any words in your search query.
There are several ways to modify this search behavior:
phrase search
The search engine supports three types of phrase search. · To match an exact phrase, use quotes around the phrase Example: "free search engine" · To match a near (within a couple of words) phrase, use square brackets [around the words] Example: [free search engine] · To match a far (within several words) phrase, use braces { around the words } Example: {free search engine}
+ and - qualifiers
If you prepend a word with + that word is required to be on the page.
If you prepend a word with - that word is required to not be on the page. Example: +always -never
* wildcard
If a query word ends with a * all words on a page which start the same way as that query word will match. Example: gift*
? wildcard
If a query word contains a ? any character will match that position. Example: b?g
boolean search
You can use the following boolean operators in your search: AND, OR, NOT. These operators MUST be in capital letters. Example: (contact AND us) OR (about AND us)
All of these techniques can be combined: Example: +alway* -ne??r*
